Blighter Surveillance announces e-scan coastal radar enhancements

CAMBRIDGE, UK. Blighter Surveillance Systems has announced new enhancements to its electronic-scanning (e-scan) radar for coastal and harbor security, including a new sea wave clutter filter.

Blighter’s new features will enable its radar to protect coastlines from enemy forces including pirates, smugglers, and terrorists arriving on kayaks, jet skies, and rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) at a distance of up to 10 km (6.2 miles). The new features allow the radar system to detect and locate these small and slow moving targets during day and night and in almost all weather conditions, including dense fog, heavy rain, and rough seas.

“Protecting coastlines from illegal intruders is a growing concern for countries the world over,” says Mark Radford, CEO of Blighter Surveillance Systems. “Our Blighter coastal security radar’s unique algorithms and Dopplersignal processing enables it to detect the small and uncooperative targets that traditional coastal surveillance radars such as vessel traffic systems and maritime radars are simply not designed for.”

The Blighter radar is small – about the size of a briefcase – and uses low power, transmitting only 4 W and consuming 100 W. This allows operation via solar panels and easy installation in areas difficult to reach, such as rocky or inaccessible coastal areas. Remote operation over narrowband wireless links or satellite communication systems is available due to the radar’s low data bandwidth requirement.

Blighter Surveillance Systems’ ITAR-free systems are implemented worldwide in defense, commercial, and government markets for national border security, homeland security, critical infrastructure protection such as airports, coastal surveillance, and in military applications. For more information, visit www.blighter.com.